- 07 Oct 2011 00:00 - Charles Molele
- The Chinese government is increasingly using economic pressure to bully foreign governments into not meeting the Dalai Lama.
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- 06 Oct 2011 18:15 - Stuart Graham
- Music and jokes filled St George's Cathedral in Cape Town where Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu's book was launched ahead of his 80th birthday.
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- 06 Oct 2011 16:40 - Staff Reporter
- Deputy President Kgalema Motlanthe can't grant the Dalai Lama a last-minute visa because it's not in his line of duty, his office said.
- 06 Oct 2011 10:29 - Staff Reporter
- Archbishop Tutu, who turns 80 tomorrow, says he's still skewering SA for falling short of its own ideals, but wishes "rabble-rousing" wasn't needed.
- 06 Oct 2011 06:48 - Staff Reporter
- The Desmond Tutu Peace Centre has asked the deputy president to organise a visa for the Dalai Lama, but Motlanthe's office says it's not up to him.
- 05 Oct 2011 19:08 - Justine Gerardy
- Desmond Tutu has accused SA of putting trade ties above values, saying the government's explanations of the Dalai Lama debacle left him more upset.
- 05 Oct 2011 13:43 - Staff Reporter
- Although SA says it did not actually deny the Dalai Lama a visa, Archbishop Tutu has again slammed the state for "siding with vicious oppressors".
- 05 Oct 2011 06:30 - Staff Reporter
- The ANC says Archbishop Tutu's attack on the ruling party was "angry and emotional", but called on the state to explain the Dalai Lama visa fiasco.
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- 04 Oct 2011 19:05 - Stuart Graham
- Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu expressed outrage on Tuesday on the government's failure to grant Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama a visa.
- 04 Oct 2011 16:19 - Emsie Ferreira
- SA's foreign ministry came under fire after the Dalai Lama cancelled a trip on Tuesday because he was not granted a visa in time.
- 04 Oct 2011 07:44 - Katharine Child
- SA doesn't always stand up for human rights the way some of its citizens such as Archbishop Tutu do, Burma's Dawn Aung San Suu Kyi has observed.
- 03 Oct 2011 19:55 - Emsie Ferreira
- The Dalai Lama has still not heard whether he will be granted a visa to visit South Africa for Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu's 80th birthday.
- 02 Oct 2011 11:17 - Justine Gerardy
- Desmond Tutu turns 80 on Friday with celebrations overshadowed by his government's dithering on whether to allow the Dalai Lama to visit.
- 30 Sep 2011 00:28 - Glynnis Underhill
- Archbishop Desmond Tutu is still hoping to have his friend the Dalai Lama, at his 80th birthday celebrations in October. But he has few illusions.
- 30 Sep 2011 00:00 - The Editorial
- When the current state of South Africa's democracy causes Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu to feel "just a sadness", we should all be worried.
- 29 Sep 2011 07:24 - Julian Borger
- The South African foreign ministry's excuses for dithering over entry visa for Desmond Tutu's birthday celebrations are paper thin.
- 28 Sep 2011 06:33 - Staff Reporter
- SA government denies being put under pressure to stop Tibetan spiritual leader attending Desmond Tutu's 80th birthday.
- 26 Sep 2011 21:43 - Staff Reporter
- The government's delay in deciding whether the Dalai Lama will be allowed to attend Archbishop Tutu's birthday is causing the cleric 'deep anxiety'.
- 09 Sep 2011 07:38 - Staff Reporter
- The Springboks are an important ingredient in "the medicine" used to treat "wounded South Africans", says Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu.
